Chapter Twenty-Nine: Coal!
Today's Murphy is not doing business as usual, and he has completely delegated power to Chief Financial Officer Marshall and Chief Consul Alsace.
I have to say that the combination of these two is simply seamless, and the entire Remlos Fort is clearly arranged.
It also gave Murphy enough time to delve into magic and restore earth technology.
Although Murphy is very interested in magic, he has always been obsessed with the various technologies on Earth.
After all, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
The earth has long been accustomed to convenient and fast Internet communication, spacious and smooth roads, diversified travel methods, and complete infrastructure.
Now in this world, communication basically depends on roaring, transportation basically depends on walking, even if there are flying eagles wearing books and Warcraft mounts, but compared to the earth, it is still too inferior.
Murphy shook his head, banishing other thoughts from his head and drawing on the parchment from memory.
He paused for a moment, thought for a moment, dipped the quill pen in his hand in ink, and then scribbled on the paper.
After completing the composition, Murphy took a closer look at it and satisfactorily tucked the new drawing into a small clip.
I saw that there were more than 30 pieces of parchment neatly sandwiched in the folder, all of which were Murphy's design artwork.
On his first day in Rayburg, he began to design drawings for the various machines that might be used today, but due to a lack of materials, most of them could not be made, and even if they were made, the rest would be useless.
"Your Royal Highness, something has happened in the Essor Mountains to the east of the city. Arthas knocked on Murphy's door.
"What's the matter? isn't it a Theban invasion?" Murphy frowned, a little worried.
"No, Your Highness, there is no trace of the Thebans in the entire Ersor Mountains," Arthas shook his head, "When the felling team was cutting down in the misty forest of the Ersor Mountains, one of the team members accidentally fell into a hole, but found a burning stone in the hole, and they didn't dare to act rashly, so they came to report it to the town hall. ”
"What?!, a burning stone?" Murphy stood up suddenly, startling Arthas.
"Are you sure it burns?' is it brown or black?" Murphy stepped forward and grabbed Arthas by the collar, a bruise on his forehead.
"Yes, that's right, it's a black stone that catches fire. Arceth was frightened by Murphy's gaffe and stumbled.
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper. Seeing that Arthas was frightened, Murphy calmed down, stroked his cuffs, and apologized to Arthas.
"I'm fine, Your Highness. Arthas wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.
"Quick, take me there now!" Murphy urged Arthas excitedly.
He picked up the robe next to him, put it on his body, and walked out the door.
The Ersor Mountains to the east of the city are a natural barrier to Remlos Castle because the mountains are so big that no one knows what that side of the mountain knows what it looks like.
Tall mountain peaks, terrifying demonic beasts, and miasma everywhere blocked the expansion of humans from here.
However, it is precisely because of this mountain range that the eastern part of the city of Remlos Fort is a safe entrance and exit, and no Theban can get by.
Murphy and Arthas took five or six knights and galloped towards the Ersor Mountains on horseback.
"Your Highness, right there in front, because there are too many trees, we need to dismount and walk over. Arthas said, pointing to the forest ahead.
Several men rolled off their horses and tied their horses to a nearby tree.
Then he hurried through the forest to the place indicated by Arthas.
"Your Royal Highness, we have arrived. Arthas pointed forward, turning back to Murphy.
I saw that the forest in front of me was missing, replaced by wooden piers and rocks, and more than a dozen people guarded a hole with a diameter of more than one meter.
"See His Royal Highness the Prince, I have seen Lord Arthas, several knights. As soon as the dozen or so guards saw Murphy, they fell to one knee.
"Get up and tell me what's going on?" Murphy directly helped the leading guard up, flattering him a little.
"Your Highness, when one of our felling teams passed by here in the morning, a serf did not pay attention to his feet and fell directly into this hole.
When his companions pulled him up, he was completely black, and there was no clean place on his body, and he still had a black stone the size of a human head in his arms, which he said would burn, as he had seen before. ”
The captain of the guard spoke.
The serf set the stone on fire, which surprised the carpenters, and they reported it to the public.
"As soon as we received the news, we rushed to the garrison to guard it, and in order to prevent others from falling into the hole, I also ordered the cutting team to cut down the big trees in this area. ”
"Good response, take credit for you, go back and report to Bruno. Murphy nodded, complimenting the captain of the guard.
"Thank you, Your Highness. The captain of the guard looked happy and bowed again.
"Prepare a rope for me, and I'll go down and see for myself. Murphy crouched down at the entrance of the cave and looked down, and found that he couldn't see the inside of the cave at all, so he said.
"Your Highness's golden body is really inappropriate, so let your subordinates go down. Knight Colin in the back stepped forward.
Colin happens to be a knight of the Holy Light system, and he can still illuminate when he goes down, so I just need to ask him to bring me a sample. Murphy thought to himself.
"Alright then, take a rope and tie it to him, Collin, you remember, shine with glory to see the situation in the cave, and bring me a black stone. Murphy instructed Colin earnestly.
Knight Colin took off his armor, tied a rope around his waist, and then jumped into the hole, silent.
A moment later, Murphy saw a flash of holy light in the cave, illuminating the entire space inside the cave.
After a while, the rope moved, and it was Knight Colin who was signaling to pull himself up.
Several of the guards understood the meaning and pulled the rope together to pull Knight Colin up.
A dark hand rested on the edge of the hole, and Knight Colin finally climbed up.
"How's it going?"
Looking at the dark, unhuman-looking Knight Colin, Murphy asked with a smile.
"Your Highness, I am glad that I have not been dishonored. Knight Colin grinned as he hugged the black stone, his mouth full of white teeth. "There's a lot of space underneath, and it's densely packed with this kind of stone. ”
"Show me the stones!"
Murphy didn't care to laugh at Knight Collin, and snatched the black stone from his hand with one hand.
The stone was brown and black, the coal that Murphy was familiar with.
Under the reflection of the sun's rays, it is glassy, and the degree of coalification is not low.
Murphy held the coal in his hand and suddenly burst out laughing, causing others to look at each other in shock.
Murphy is happy from the bottom of his heart, with coal, he has a lot of ideas and plans in his head, and he will soon be able to get started.
"Lock this place in a row, and bring a few more of these black stones to my study. Murphy took out a piece of cloth, wrapped the coal in his hand, and commanded the people.
Suddenly he remembered something, and turned to Arthas and said, "Bring me the serf who found this stone." ”
With that, he couldn't wait to get out of the woods, turn on his horse, and go straight to the city.